他的妻子是一位身材苗条的漂亮女人。

She is a slender girl who used to be a model.

她身材苗条，曾是一位模特。

② slender 还作“薄薄的”解。

That novel is a slender book of only 100 pages. 那本小说是本只有100 页的薄书。

③ slender 用于希望、可能性、收入、收获等时，表示“很小，渺茫”。

He has only the slenderest chance/ hope of success in the experiment.

他试验成功的机会/ 希望小而又小。

How can he afford a villa on his slender income?

以他微薄的收入他怎能买得起一栋别墅？

(3) slight 除表示“微小的，轻微的，少量的”外，也作“苗条，纤小，瘦小”解。

She is short and slight in build. (She is slight of build.)

她身材小巧。

I had some slight acquaintance with him.

我只与他略微熟识。

There seems to be only a slight possibility of his success in the contest.

看来他在竞赛中成功的可能性很小。

(4) ① thin 的意思是“薄，纤细，细弱；稀疏，薄”。

I tied the box up with a thin string.

我用一条细绳把盒子捆起来。

She answered shyly in a small thin voice.

她用小而细的声音羞怯地回答了。

A thin audience watched the game.

观看比赛的人很少。

② thin 用于人时，意思是“瘦的”，一般由疾病或营养不良所致。

He was rather thin after his recent illness.

他最近生了这场病之后变得相当瘦。

③ thin 指借口、理由、伪装等时，意思是“缺少说服力的，容易被看破的”。

Your excuse for not attending the meeting was very thin.

你未参加会议的理由非常站不住脚。

(5) lean 指人或动物时，意思是“瘦的”，指肉时表示“脂肪少的或无脂肪的”。

He was a lean and brown old man.

他是个又黑又瘦的老人。

I prefer fatty meat to lean meat, though the latter is healthier for men.

比起瘦肉来我更爱吃肥肉，虽然前者更利于健康。返回搜狐，查看更多